Law: Customary: Sub-Saharan Africa

(2,265 words)

Article Table of Contents

How do women use and participate in customary processes of dispute
resolution? How do customary and Islamic legal traditions coexist? There
is much variation in the position of women and the status of gender
relationships vis-à-vis
customary
law in Sub-Saharan
Africa,
particularly in Muslim areas where women may also be subject to Islamic
law. It is difficult to define what constitutes
customary
law. In Sub-S…